Game thread: St. Louis Battlehawks at San Antonio Brahmas, Sun Apr 14, 3:00 PM ET, ABC

[4th&long]

Good game again

[4th&long]

Attendance slight underperforms at 11,790.  Week avg just under 10k.

 

[johnnyangryfuzzball]

Attendance slight underperforms at 11,790.  Week avg just under 10k.


 

And to think, we were squeamish in 2020 when NY, LA and Tampa Bay were consistently getting those numbers.

Personal note: I definitely feel like in most places (obviously not counting St. Louis, which comes out in Hades or high water to support the Battlehawks) that the spring football timeline seems to hurt attendance. You're not only competing with pretty much every other sport but also nice weather.

Arena football works in the spring and summer because you have air conditioning and it mainly serves to fill dates at unused arenas during the summer. But if you're looking to get fans in the stands, winter in warmer-climate cities and indoor stadiums is the way to go.

[4th&long]

Attendance slight underperforms at 11,790.  Week avg just under 10k.



 

And to think, we were squeamish in 2020 when NY, LA and Tampa Bay were consistently getting those numbers.

Personal note: I definitely feel like in most places (obviously not counting St. Louis, which comes out in Hades or high water to support the Battlehawks) that the spring football timeline seems to hurt attendance. You're not only competing with pretty much every other sport but also nice weather.

Arena football works in the spring and summer because you have air conditioning and it mainly serves to fill dates at unused arenas during the summer. But if you're looking to get fans in the stands, winter in warmer-climate cities and indoor stadiums is the way to go.

XFL 2020 never saw these low #'s officialy, they were papering a bit of course, but they did better. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_XFL_season

At these tix prices I'm not squeamish.  Let's see what the ratings are this week.

[4th&long]

StL offense is for REAL.    Looking like best in XFL Conf thru 3 weeks...

Good game but SA needs to respond here.

[MarkNelson]

Things are getting interesting

[4th&long]

SA repsonds and a big 3rd down now

[MGB01]

How did that not get blocked?

[4th&long]

Another close game... but luck runs out for SA and Wade.

StL wins and I go 2-2 on FD!!

[johnnyangryfuzzball]

Attendance slight underperforms at 11,790.  Week avg just under 10k.




 

And to think, we were squeamish in 2020 when NY, LA and Tampa Bay were consistently getting those numbers.

Personal note: I definitely feel like in most places (obviously not counting St. Louis, which comes out in Hades or high water to support the Battlehawks) that the spring football timeline seems to hurt attendance. You're not only competing with pretty much every other sport but also nice weather.

Arena football works in the spring and summer because you have air conditioning and it mainly serves to fill dates at unused arenas during the summer. But if you're looking to get fans in the stands, winter in warmer-climate cities and indoor stadiums is the way to go.

XFL 2020 never saw these low #'s officialy, they were papering a bit of course, but they did better. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_XFL_season

At these tix prices I'm not squeamish.  Let's see what the ratings are this week.

The lowest attended games in the XFL in '20 were around 12,000—and that's slightly ahead of what the highest attended game was this week.